Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2007
Latest action · Apr 26, 2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4200)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 9, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2007 - Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider a public bill or joint resolution authorizing an appropriation of $10 million or more, unless: (1) the accompanying committee report includes a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Poverty Impact Division impact statement; or (2) the chairman of the committee reporting the legislation submits such statement for publication in the Congressional Record before consideration of the measure.
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish the CBO Poverty Impact Division to prepare and submit poverty impact statements to the chairmen of House committees.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2007 to Feb 27, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 16, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jan 18, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4200)
- Jan 9, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2007Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Authorization
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional Budget Office
- Congressional information resources
- Congressional reorganization
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- House rules and procedure
- Legislation
- Legislative resolutions
- Poverty
- Social Welfare
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.
